Rana Tanveer asks DPP to review bark-on wood log imports
After timber traders met him in Karachi, the food security minister told plant protection officials to revisit Import Policy Order 2022 limits and related charges.
Federal Minister Rana Tanveer Hussain asked the Department of Plant Protection to review curbs on importing wood logs with bark.
The All-Pakistan Timber Traders Association raised the issue after new quarantine and pesticides labs opened at the DPP in Karachi.
Traders want fumigation, debarking and inspection done on arrival in Pakistan under DPP or NAFSA supervision, not only before shipment.
APTTA linked Industry strain to Import Policy Order 2022 rules and high Plant Protection Regulatory Order charges.
The association cited International Standard for Phytosanitary Measures 39, which covers wood with or without bark.